Alex James is set to release a new
memoir following his book Bit of a Blur, titled All Cheeses Great and Small.
The second volume of his
autibiographical work describes the Blur bassist's journey into becoming a
farmer, starting from his purchase of a farm in the Cotswolds, to marrying his
wife and raising kids, making cheese and being generally cheesy.
After Blur's last album in 2003, Alex has been making
a name for himself in the cheese world. He has made his cheese and
established a reputation for appearing on various media shows.
He currently lives in a house, a very big house in the
country.
He also spoke about Blur at the Brits very
recently in an article from The
Sun (click to read source article). He talked about how
"amazing" it was to win a Brit Award after so many years away from
the music scene.
The article goes on to reiterate what Alex has already
said in numerous older articles- how "Pulling the band back
together is like reassembling the A-Team for one last job. I'm a cheesemaker
now." He stressed that Damon, Graham and Dave have gone and done
their own thing in the well-needed hiatus.
There was no new information about any future plans or Blur albums. The article did have some very nice images that are rather nice, including Blur at the Brits in 1995 looking young and lovely. There also was an image of Blur in their early Leisure era, complete with the bowl-cuts and dazed expressions.
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Check out his feature article on the Daily Mail which promotes his new book. The article is titled "'My wife married a rockstar but ended up with a floundering farmer': Alex James on why he prefers mucking out to being in Blur". As usual, it's kind of funny, kind of entertaining and kind of cool.
On a more sweeter note, here's something to cheer fans up - Graham Coxon tweeted in his twitter page (click to follow him) that there were Blur chocolates at the Brits. A pleasant surprise - we want some too Graham! Bet he ate them all up the next day.